Most dolphin births along coastal Texas waters occur in March. Peak calving for dolphins in Florida's Indian River Lagoon occurs in April and August. Bottlenose dolphins in the Pacific Ocean along the coast of Southern California have shown a calving peak in the fall.
On May 9, 1917, the company became the Boeing Airplane Company. In late 1917, the U.S. entered World War I and Boeing knew that the U.S. Navy needed seaplanes for training. So Boeing shipped two new Model Cs to Pensacola, Florida where the planes were flown for the Navy.
The Australian flag carrier Qantas was the first international customer for the first jet commercial airplane built by Boeing, the 707. The Boeing 707 was introduced into Australia in 1959 to meet the Qantas requirement on its long-haul routes across the Pacific Ocean and the Kangaroo route to London.